IRhizobium/I Soaking Promoted Maize Growth by Altering Rhizosphere Microbiomes and Associated Functional Genes

Rhizobium is a Gram-negative bacterium, which dissolves minerals, produces growth hormones, promotes root growth, and protects plants from different soil-borne pathogens. In the present study, roots, stalks, and fresh weight of maize (Zea mays L.) were significantly increased after soaking in Bradyr...

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Published in:Microorganisms (Basel) 2023-06, Vol.11 (7)
Main Authors: Li, Zhao, Chi, Yu, Su, Xianyan, Ye, Zhenghe, Ren, Xuexiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Corn
Diseases and pests
Economic aspects
Food supply
Genetic aspects
Growth
Health aspects
Soil microbiology
Somatotropin
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Summary:Rhizobium is a Gram-negative bacterium, which dissolves minerals, produces growth hormones, promotes root growth, and protects plants from different soil-borne pathogens. In the present study, roots, stalks, and fresh weight of maize (Zea mays L.) were significantly increased after soaking in Bradyrhizobium japonicum compared with the control. Subsequently, transcriptome sequencing results of the whole maize plant soaked in B. japonicum showed that multiple growth and development-related genes were up-regulated more than 100-fold compared to the control. Furthermore, the abundance of plant growth promoting bacteria, such as Acidobacteria Subgroup_6 and Chloroflexi KD4-96, were increased significantly. On the contrary, the abundance of multiple pathogens, such as Curvularia, Fusarium and Mycocentrospora, were significantly decreased. Moreover, inoculation with B. japonicum could inhibit the infection of the pathogen Fusarium graminearum in maize. These results suggest that soaking seeds in B. japonicum may affect the expression of maize growth and development-related genes as the bacteria changes the soil microorganism community structure. These findings may help to expand the application of B. japonicum in crop production and provide new opportunities for food security.
ISSN:2076-2607
2076-2607
DOI:10.3390/microorganisms11071654